Dr. Parami Abeyrathne

Lecturer

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Saliyapura 50008

Sri Lanka

Medical Officer In Charge of Student and Staff Health Center (3 years from August 2022)

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences,

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

The Faculty Coordinator of the Career Guidance Unit

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (3 years from August, 2022)

Coordinator of Saubhagya Student Scholarship Scheme (since June 2022)

Faculty of medicine and Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

The Convener of Health, Safety and Security Committee

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Member of Community Outreach and Social Services Committee (2022)

Faculty of Medicine an Allied Sciences

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Coordinator of University Business Cells (2020 – 2022)

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Member of the Self-evaluating Report Writing Team

Faculty subcommittee for the program review of Faculty of Medicine an Allied Sciences

Rjarata University of Sri Lanka for the year 2019

Volunteer Student Mentor (2019 – to date)

Student Research Supervisor (since 2019)

External supervisor- development of a software application for identifying and communication with the general practitioners in Sri Lanka

Research project of undergraduates of Faculty of Technology

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka for the year 2019

Course Coordinator

Cross-Disciplinary Field Course In Sri Lanka On Global Health And Research, Organized By University  Of Copenhagen And Faculty Of Medicine And Allied Sciences, Rajarata University Of Sri Lanka,31 July-18 August 2017

Sri Lankan Representative- ‘Meeting of The South Asian Countries for Ending Violence Against Children (SAF-VAC) And Regional Children Consultation’ at Pakistan- 2006

Intern Medical House Officer (01/12/ 2017 To 30/11/2018)

Teaching Hospital

Rathnapura-

Temporary lecturer(2017)

Department of Community Medicine

Batch Representative (2010/2011 batch)

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Deputy Head Prefect (2009/2010)

Bandarawela Central College

• MBBS (Sri Lanka)

• Direct Member of WONCA (World Association of Family Doctors)- from 2019

International level

• Virtual International program on Strengthening Primary care conducted by Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Toronto from April –July 2021
• Principals of primary Care International CPD course conducted by University of Exeter, United Kingdom –November 2021

Local

• Certificate Course on Post Graduate Research, conducted by Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, 2019
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation course, conducted by ministry of health and college of anesthesiologists and intensives of Sri Lanka in 2017
• Pre intern newborn life support course, conducted by college of pediatricians in 2017
• Pre-intern pediatric emergency life support course, conducted by Sri Lanka college of pediatricians in 2017
• Staff induction program, 2020

• Prevalence and associated factors for probable dysfunctional COVID -19 related anxiety among Sri Lankan population: A national survey
• Travel Grant For Asia Pacific Consortium On Public Health (APACPH)- University Malaysia 10th-14th April 2019

• “Dermatological Conditions Among University Students: A Major Psycho Social Burden”

• “Perceptions On Use Of Intra Uterine Contraceptive Devices Among Married Women In Rural Anuradhapura District”

• “Rural Health Care Seekers’ Perspectives On First Contact Primary Care Facility And The Determining   Factors In A Pluralistic Health System: A Community Based Study In Rural Sri Lanka”

Peer-reviewed abstracts published in conference proceedings of international conferences

• Oral presentation on “Prevalence and influence of occupational diseases on work life and mental health of heath care workers in the Professorial unit, Teaching hospital, Anuradhapura “ in Asia-Pacific academic consortium on public health (APACPH) -Colombo 2021
• Oral presentation on “Perceptions on use of intra uterine contraceptive devices among married women in rural anuradhapura district” in Asia-Pacific academic consortium on public health, Kualalampur, University of Malaya, 2019
• Oral presentation- on “Dermatological conditions among university students: a major psycho social burden” in Asia-Pacific academic consortium on public health, Kualalampur, University of Malaya, 2019
• Female obesity- ongoing threat- abstract- nutrition 2020, United States of America

Peer-reviewed abstracts published in conference proceedings of local conferences

• Oral presentation on “Achieving equity in health care accessibility: a GIS based study on potential access to curative sector primary care facilities within Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka at annual academic sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society of Anuradhapura 2022
• Poster presentation on “Perceptions and satisfaction on available practices for accessing health related information from private medical practitioners among families of medical undergraduates of medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka” at annual academic sessions of Anuradhapura Clinical Society of Anuradhapura 2022
• Poster presentation on “ A modern approach to determine health care access in Sri Lanka: A Geographic Information System Based Study of Spatial accessibility to Primary care in Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka” at Kandy society of Medicine annual clinical sessions 2021
• Poster presentation on “ Disparities of primary care accessibility among urban and rural population of Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka” at annual sessions at Sri Lanka Medical Association 2021
• Oral presentation on “Increasing Burden of Occupational health hazards and Occupational diseases among health care workers: A survey in Professorial unit, Teaching hospital, Anuradhapura “ in Annual Academic Sessions of College of community physicians, 2021
• Oral presentation on “Increasing Burden of Occupational health hazards and Occupational diseases among health care workers: A survey in Professorial unit, Teaching hospital, Anuradhapura “ in Annual Academic Sessions of College of community physicians, 2021

Original articles published in peer-reviewed journals

1. “Asthma in a prospective cohort of rural pregnant women from Sri Lanka: Need for better care during the pre-conceptional and antenatal period”

       DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269888

2. “Gestational period Specific renal functions: evidence from a large community based , prospective cohort in rural Sri Lanka “ preprint

       DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-400537/v1

3. “Improving the leptospirosis disease burden assessment by including ambulatory patients from outpatient departments: a cross sectional study”, F1000 research

       DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26202.1

Ongoing researches

Exploration of primary care accessibility, Utilization patterns and morbidity profiles of health seekers attending to primary care services in Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka (Master in Philosophy research)